Anyone gain weight at first on HF?

Just wanted to see if I was alone here...When I started high fat, low carb I was actuallya bit bloated and heavy feeling for the first two weeks. I stuck with it, and now...vamoos! I have lost 3lbs in a week and have the best six pack I have ever had. The best part, I'm not hungry, I feel fantastic, and I don't even miss the fruit.
My theory is that it took a bit for my body to become fat adjusted, and once that happened it stopped trying to hang on to the few carbs it got.
Thoughts?

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I've noticed people report this from time to time, and very often they were calorie restricting before they went to HFLC, or had an eating disorder in their history. I don't know if that applies to you, or why that would be, but I thought I'd mention it, because it's interesting to me.

Thank you for posting this, I too have been bloated and heavy feeling and my clothes are not fitting. I was scared that going high fat low carb was not right for my body. It has been about 10 days now and I was almost ready to give up. I will stick with it, and see if things change. Even though I feel heavy and bloated I feel better overall, so that was very confusing for me. Looking forward to losing this stubborn 10lbs of baby fat that I gained after weaing from breastfeeding.

I lost all the bloating but gained wt the 9 mths I've been doing this. I went HFLC 1/1/11 but after going from 139 to 143 I think I need to cut back the fat, drastically! I feel much better otherwise and I have lost inches everywhere but I'm stalled now.

My companion also went through a phase of weight-gain at the beginning. I was so big to start with that I probably wouldn't have noticed if I had -- but it took her some work to stick with it, because she was afraid during that first weigh-in where she'd bloated and actually put on a couple of pounds... Then, she lost 3 lbs in one week, and has been steadily improving her fat/muscle ratio ever since.